Visitation: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m., Sunday, February 14, 2022
Location: Stantonsburg Pentecostal Holiness Church, North Carolina
Funeral Service: 1:00 p.m., Monday, February 14, 2022
Location: Stantonsburg Pentecostal Holiness Church, North Carolina
Interment: Following The Service
Location: Eureka Cemetery, North Carolina
Eleanor Rose Collier, 85, was called to her heavenly home on Thursday, February 10, 2022. Eleanor was born in Wayne County, NC. She spent her whole life caring for others and making sure her children and grandchildren were loved and cared for. She never said no to anyone in need and was a woman that lived a Christian life. She was a true example of what all should strive to be. She always saw the best in everyone, even if others could not. She had a passion for Jesus and her family. She was a true angel on earth and will be missed by all that knew her.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Emmette Ray Collier; her parents, John William “Bill” and Mary Jane “Janie” Grimes; two brothers, Willie Grimes and Donald Grimes and her sister, Mary Della Worthington. She leaves behind three brothers, Dee Grimes, Ralph Grimes and Durwood Grimes and her brother-in-law, Franklin Collier all of North Carolina; her son, Darrell Keith Collier (Jennifer) of Seaford, VA and her daughter, Cheryl Collier Ange (Scott) of Newport News, VA; her three grandsons, Darrell (Sandy), Justin (Erin) and Taylor and three granddaughters, Tonya (Anthony), Rachel (Drew) and Kaleigh; 16 great- grandchildren and 1 great-great grandson and many other extended family members.
A visitation will be held on Monday, February 14, 2022 at 12:00 pm followed by a Celebration of Life Service at 1:00 pm at Stantonsburg Pentecostal Church in Stantonsburg, NC. Burial will follow at Eureka Cemetery in Eureka, NC. Arrangements by Weymouth Funeral Home in Newport News, VA and Wilson Memorial Service in Eureka, NC.